The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13

,CllStlnct vapOrS in her mind, and the
flood tide OF success which was now
bearing her ON to prosperity gave no
sthrillEof pleasure, All senses were ab-
lsorbed In contemplation Of the scene
about her.
She was suddenly brought D>ess TO-
earth by q loud bark from Carlo, who,
not being gifted with the faculty sof en-;
joying SO engrossing u reyerie, had
wandered Off in search Of more actiye3
employ ment. His bark was soon aii4
sweredf ' by an angry exclamation from
ant lhq uestionab masculine source
In "a moment more the crash Of under,
brush gave warning that some ething un-a
usual was UP, and when Carlo burst
into sight his footsteps sgere closely sfol-
lowed s g by the owres OF the angry voice,
who was M still exercising itSiny epithets
neither delicate nor compl ELEMENTARY to
I. the, dog. .a.
Miss essamine was too much aston
ished and Mortified to pay attention to
the Deast now crouchlng at her feet and
growing l eteliance at MS pnrs'ler. She
was more interested IN the .approa aching
stranger, Wholn sne saw, an one woman
IKE glance, was young, passsaply good.
lookihg' very wen dressed, pareheaded t
al'o PROVOKED t'sos fs''e was perceptloiy
plrepossesaed pre- in his favor. That he
should seek to harm her pet, however,
was q criminal pffensein her eyes, and
as ne now drew llesitatingly near, look
tlng sheeplshly att the unexpected vision
before him, her dignity rose consldera-.G
ply above par.
! peg your pardon miss ,2' ne began
IN an embarrassed manner. II assure
you had no idea OF lady being
near''---7-e !, Z, Il; R
And pray, " she lnterruptingly re-
torted, though you had been quite
alone, why shouid you Wish 10 abuse
my good CarloP' &
o.o you see. ~ inquired l,.Sill IN q. an
apo'oe'lc tole' st' .i'e same tlIoe ne point
~ uo"nZay =, ..e9 wy .' ,iie ns's t}eel
pi''1 '1is :. o'iS ! - - : b a
Miss Jessamlne - looked down, and the
slght was SO truly ridiculous that IN
splte of llef efforts she could not repress,
q nearly iaugh, which, being q llatli-$; rs
any lnlectlous II one, was Immediately lld
Jolneed IN oy the abasled ash II plaintiff.
1neie between ms great paws, all the
lplssslSe 2
Carlo was seiii llololn8 the strangers
SILK naC!
o'!cario' You naughty vlllalnI> ,l MISS ISIS
'1 1essamne cNeo' as soon as she could
cohtrol her voice; see Wilat mlschlet
you nave done, you Dao lelloW! aren't
you ashamed OF youfselIF" ana, she
shook l'ie dllapldatcd remnant III the
;lnlmal's lace. But Carlo, seeing the
dlmples still chaslhg each other over
the cileeks OF MS repfoVer, only looked
up knowingly at her, ana wagged his
tail III token or Ills enjoyment OF the
unfoftun'lte puC iaughaDio incident.
"Tell me how it happened, Mr.. -
"Walton."
"Walton. [ am indeed sorry that
Carlo should have been so rude. -
''It doesn't matter i'll the least
Miss"
"Maure."
"Maure. l assure you. Istrolled out
here from the hotel to enjoy the quiet
woods. Unexpectedly discovering the
stream. [ thought to pursue my ex-
ploration as far as It's source, but, grow
ing tired, Jay doWnto'rest under tree
some distance down tho creek. Falling
sound asleep, | was only awakened by
your dog here land stopped to pat
Carlos head in token Of forgiveness,
which that gentleman graciously ,ac-
cepted, though with an air which show
ed That it came unsolicited, who was
amusing himself with my hat which
had lain beside me. When [ tried to
take possession OF my property, he dis
played sociallstlc spirit and decamped
with lt-Whlch action, though it ag-
graVated me at the time, l have now
cause to bless nm forl' and ne bowed
very low as ne emphaslzed this last
clanse.
III IS 100 bad, indeed" said Miss
Jessamlne, her helshtenng color SHOW